Category: World

Former UFC fighter Ben Askren announced he was released from a hospital Tuesday after a battle with severe pneumonia led to a double-lung transplant.  The 40-year-old Askren posted a video update from his vehicle, which his wife Amy was driving after he was released from the hospital.  On “day 59,” Askren explained how he lost…

Jen Kiggans, R-Va., led a hearing on Tuesday to discuss millions of dollars’ worth of incentive payments distributed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that were improperly documented. Kiggans, at the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, said incentive payments for recruitment, relocation and retention have lacked oversight for…

The Hollywood Reporter speculated on Monday how Stephen Colbert’s feud with President Donald Trump after his “Late Show’s” cancellation could net him his show’s first Emmy. CBS announced last Thursday that it would cancel “The Late Show” next May at the end of its broadcast season. Though CBS and Paramount clarified that the choice to…

Colorado’s Ultimate Frisbee Association (UFA) team made a surprising gesture.  The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) awarded an expansion team to Denver. As the new team searched for its name, colors, and crest, the Colorado Summit decided to “pass the torch.” Over 50,000 fans were surveyed during the search. The Summit proved to be the…

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper showed up to support CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert on Monday night, appearing in a segment that took aim at the parent company of “60 Minutes” and President Donald Trump.  CBS announced last week that it was canceling “The Late Show” and that Colbert’s stint in late night will end in May…

The number of criminal illegal immigrants arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has soared during the Trump administration, authorities said Tuesday.  Statistics vary from state-to-state, but ICE has arrested illegal immigrants convicted of various crimes, including murder, rape and other violent offenses, the agency said. Since Trump took office in January, ICE arrests…

A resurfaced video clip appears to show Democratic Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., claiming she needs more immigrants in her district “just for redistricting purposes,” causing significant concern and outrage from conservatives online. The video, from a 2021 House Foreign Affairs Committee briefing, shows long-time Democrat Clarke suggesting that the local Haitian community in Brooklyn could…

Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil appeared to refuse to explicitly condemn the terrorist group Hamas and instead took issue with the “selective condemnation” of the plight of the Palestinian people during an interview on Tuesday.  In response to a question from CNN’s Pamela Brown on whether he would “specifically condemn Hamas, a designated terrorist organization in the…

A Florida man who went on a furious social media rant regarding pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s client list has been arrested by federal authorities.  A criminal complaint by the FBI filed in the Middle District of Florida accuses Terrell Bailey-Corsey of spouting off on X, claiming that he would use a machete to butcher people who…

Senate Republicans and Democrats advanced the first set of spending bills through the upper chamber, despite signals from Democrats that they may block the government funding process. In the days and weeks leading up to the vote, Senate Democrats warned that Republicans’ passage of highly partisan bills, like President Donald Trump’s $9 billion clawback package,…